Jan 22 2009Uh, I've Got The Feeling This Is Illegal: How To Hack Those Programmable Road Signs
Ever wanted to put your own message on one of those portable road signs along the highway? Well now you can with just a little tampering and a whole lot of illegal! Unfortunately, because many children read this website, you'll have to follow the link after the jump to find out how. I'll admit, I gave it a go myself, and it does actually work. Although I did get busted. In hindsight, standing next to the "SHOW ME YOUR TITS" sign with a Motorists Gone Wild t-shirt and video camera probably wasn't the smartest decision I've ever made. But definitely top five.
Hit it for a couple pictures and a link to the how-to.
Inside Programmable Road Signs [i-hacked]
Thanks to Jason, who hacked "WILL YOU MARRY ME?" and had like a hundred chicks accept. Ah, polygamy.
Reader Comments
1. bar room hero - January 22, 2009 10:01 AM
ROBOT ATTACK
That would be sweet!
2. Ralph Michael Phillips IV - January 22, 2009 10:02 AM
Well, GW, its been fun. But one last illegal post was the last nail in the coffin for the Feds. Please do update the site from your cell.
Sincerely,
R.M.P.
3. Soubi - January 22, 2009 10:02 AM
xD I would love that to really happen
4. Daisy - January 22, 2009 10:02 AM
FAKE!!!!
This is a complete photoshop job. You can tell its a fake because the shadow's are all wrong.
This is exactly like that scene from the movie Never Back Down where Max and Baja were working on a movie about zombies and Max didn't really know how to shamble. Later when the real zombies attacked his house, Max got them all into the pool, and had his own museum of the living dead.
5. TochiroV - January 22, 2009 10:05 AM
how long before this story gets pulled?
6. Ginormagantuan - January 22, 2009 10:12 AM
haha! imagine doing all that shit while everyone drives by seeing your funky ass behind that sign trying to change the text, and getting mad busted!
this is accomplishable though... wtf would i write though???? thumperchica give me your butt???? baby seal clubbing ahead????? Daisy eats babies?????
7. Timbo - January 22, 2009 10:13 AM
@5 probably not long...which is why I'm cutting and pasting this sucker!
Ahhh anarchy....
8. Dorkage - January 22, 2009 10:17 AM
There's nothing illegal about this post. The key info in the link isn't on this site.
9. Imaginary Reviewer - January 22, 2009 10:23 AM
Wait, so you won't post the info because it's illegal, but in the previous post you condone the theft of someone else's property? Why, that's just double standards.
10. V - January 22, 2009 10:26 AM
Ahhh...mildly illegal and extremely entertaining. So many possibilities, but I would go with #6 with the "baby seal clubbing ahead."
11. Bladerunner - January 22, 2009 10:30 AM
What to put....
No passing for
the next 75 miles
12. Joe Melnick - January 22, 2009 10:44 AM
Wow, Daisy, that just never gets old. Good god.
13. Gizmoduck - January 22, 2009 10:46 AM
ahhahaha i love it!!
i want to see more of this around.
14. LSDiesel - January 22, 2009 10:46 AM
This is what I would put:
Bladerunner Fails
15. Moose Knuckle - January 22, 2009 11:03 AM
Wait, how do we know this is a prank? For all we know, this was actually a genuine warning of impending zombie attack and GW is all part of the elaborate coverup to protect a secret cabal of scientists experimenting with the T virus!
Thanks for NOT looking out for us GW.
16. Cameron - January 22, 2009 11:07 AM
SCHOOL
ZONE
10PTS PER KID
17. dukie1993 - January 22, 2009 11:26 AM
Right lane
and left lane
switched ahead
18. dubba - January 22, 2009 11:29 AM
CAUTION
PLAUGE AREA
QUARANTINE IN EFFECT
19. Thumperchica - January 22, 2009 11:39 AM
"FOR A GOOD TIME CALL (INSERT GW'S CELL #)" MUAHAHAHAHA
20. Stephen - January 22, 2009 11:40 AM
Yeah... f***in' plauge.
21. Dr.Known - January 22, 2009 11:46 AM
Ahahaha this is awesome, today's going to be a good day I can feel it. Now what would I put if I hacked one of these....?
THIS IS A TOTAL PHOTOSHOP JOB
YOU CAN TELL ITS A FAKE BECAUSE
THE SHADOWS ARE ALL WRONG
I'll even submit an unphotoshopped picture if the chance ever presents itself
22. ZOMBIE - January 22, 2009 12:07 PM
@15. NO IMPENDING ZOMBIE ATTACK, EVERYTHING IS FINE, GO ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS. I LIKE TURTLES.
23. softlicious - January 22, 2009 12:15 PM
Freaking cool! This is the best way to propose, how unexpected!
24. Max - January 22, 2009 12:22 PM
@ Daisy - it's true, that NEVER gets old.
BTW, this is a fake comment. You can tell because the shadows are all wrong.
25. Ms. + - January 22, 2009 2:21 PM
>;D
26. Derrick - January 22, 2009 2:26 PM
I got to teabag daisy once, it was amazing!
27. Bob - January 22, 2009 3:01 PM
Well its pretty correct as to how the signs operate . There is a " master pass " that i wont post which you can think of as the admin acct . On another note all the signs i have had occasion to deal with have a qwerty keyboard , and a bw lcd display not a chinzy interface .
28. isabel - January 22, 2009 8:04 PM
i like #16 # 19. hahahaha.
29. jarjarbinx - January 22, 2009 8:30 PM
I WOULD MAKE IT SAY:
"WHITE POWER"
30. Sevrin - January 22, 2009 9:33 PM
I pretended to be Daisy once.... but you could tell I was fake cause the shadows were all long!
31. daisy777 - January 22, 2009 10:46 PM
Ha ha ha that is freakin awesome. I would be the one laughin my ass off while video taping it.
Go Corey LOL
32. Quase - January 23, 2009 9:23 AM
What the hell? This "hacking" job involves opening an unlocked box, and typing text on a no-password input thingie... What the hell?
33. Douche McAllister - January 23, 2009 11:26 AM
@29
I would make it say, "Jarjarbinx will eat a bag of dicks for $1."
34. J - January 27, 2009 2:45 AM
I think this would be a misdemeanor at most. Don't these road signs belong to us anyway since they were bought with our tax dollars? I say, these things belong to us, so go for it. Put up something cryptic and foreboding. Mess with peoples' heads.
35. Ministry of Truth - January 27, 2009 3:12 AM
MARTIAL LAW IN EFFECT
MILITARY CHECKPOINT AHEAD
USE OF DEADLY FORCE AUTHORIZED
or
WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH
36. stevezilla - January 27, 2009 11:04 AM
FASTER!
FASTER!!
37. Rekluma - January 28, 2009 11:36 PM
Fox 5 just did a news story on this. lolercaust.
38. LostZombies - January 29, 2009 3:25 PM
My name is Ryan and I run zombie themed social network attempting to create the first ever community generated zombie documentary
www.lostzombies.com
39. Alex - January 29, 2009 5:27 PM
cnn just did an bit on this, saying the authorities are looking for the people who did it.
I hope it wasn't you guys!!!
40. Dayton - January 31, 2009 12:17 AM
Minimum speed 80 MPH next 50 miles.
41. Liz Frisancho - February 6, 2009 1:44 PM
No kiddin I saw a sign in Vegas a couple of years ago that read: "EAT SHIT N DIE"--I never laughed so hard!
42. Paul - February 18, 2009 12:53 AM
video of this happening on the news
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPDlssU-9cI&eurl=http://failblog.org/
43. Eleanor - February 21, 2009 12:55 AM
I would put "The cake is a lie" or "Go back to Russia".
44. Derrek - March 13, 2009 12:27 AM
Caution Bridge Out Ahead, Go Faster you'll make it!
45. Sir Galahad - March 14, 2009 11:47 AM
Now i don't want to sound like an ass or anything but, wtf does GW mean???? btw, Never Back Down always proves that photos are photoshopped!!! wtf???
46. Rosati - April 12, 2009 8:04 PM
This isn't a fake. That happened in a city near where I live. It was in the newspaper and seeing as how I drive there almost everyday I don't know how I missed it.
47. BBR - May 26, 2009 2:43 PM
Hostile machine takeover ! :D
48. 3v1lM1nD - July 17, 2009 7:49 AM
NO SPEED LIMIT FOR
NEXT 1000 MILES
:)))
49. hanyujoys - September 26, 2009 9:51 PM
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